Roman Bezjak

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Roman Bezjak
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Personal information
Date of birth (1989-02-21) 21 February 1989 (age 35)
Place of birth Slovenj Gradec, SR Slovenia, Yugoslavia
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
USV Wies
Number 77
Youth career
Korotan Prevalje [1]
0000–2005 Dravograd
2005–2008 Celje
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2008–2012 Celje 108 (34)
2008Zagorje (loan) 5 (3)
2009–2010Mladi upi Šentjur (loan) 8 (4)
2012–2015 Ludogorets Razgrad 60 (20)
2015–2016 Rijeka 39 (20)
2016–2018 Darmstadt 98 14 (0)
2017Rijeka (loan) 16 (4)
2018–2019 Jagiellonia Białystok 30 (7)
2019–2020 APOEL 18 (4)
2020 Olimpija Ljubljana 16 (2)
2020–2021 Celje 10 (0)
2021–2022 Balıkesirspor 25 (1)
2022– USV Wies 23 (13)
International career
2007 Slovenia U18 8 (3)
2007 Slovenia U19 6 (3)
2009–2010 Slovenia U20 2 (0)
2008–2010 Slovenia U21 2 (0)
2013–2019 Slovenia 33 (5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 August 2023

Roman Bezjak (born 21 February 1989) [2] is a Slovenian footballer who plays as a forward for Austrian side USV Wies. He made his debut for the Slovenia national team in 2013, making a total of 33 appearances and scoring 5 goals. [3]

Contents

Club career

Celje

Bezjak made his debut for Celje on 9 April 2008 against Maribor, coming on as a substitute for the last six minutes. [4] The following season he made his first start for Celje, on 2 August 2008, in a 0–0 home draw against Domžale before being substituted by Saša Bakarić. [5] Two weeks later, he scored his first goal in a 2–2 away draw against Primorje. He began to establish himself in the Celje first team from the 2009–10 season, making 24 league appearances and scoring 6 goals. [6]

Ludogorets Razgrad

On 22 August 2012, Bezjak signed a four-year contract with Bulgarian A Group side Ludogorets Razgrad. [7] He made his debut for Ludogorets against CSKA Sofia on 22 September where he came on as a substitute in a 1–0 home win. His first goals for Ludogorets came on 3 May 2013 when he scored twice in a 3–0 home win over Chernomorets Burgas. He made 14 appearances during the 2012–13 season, finishing with 5 goals.

In the following season Bezjak became a first team regular. He scored his first goal of the season in the second league game, a 1–0 win at home to Chernomorets Burgas on 27 July 2013. On 27 October 2013, he scored his first-ever career hat-trick, netting four goals in a 5–1 league win over Lyubimets 2007. He also scored three goals in two matches against PSV Eindhoven in the group stage of the Europa League. In February 2014, he netted in both legs of the 4–3 aggregate victory over Lazio in the round of 32 of the Europa League. [8] On 13 March 2014, he earned а penalty kick in the 3–0 home loss against Valencia, but missed from the spot. [9] On 15 May 2014, Bezjak scored the winning goal in the 1–0 victory over Botev Plovdiv in the 2014 Bulgarian Cup Final to help his team achieve a double. [10] He ended the season as the club's top scorer, scoring 20 goals in all competitions.

Rijeka

On 14 May 2015, HNK Rijeka announced that Bezjak had signed a three-year contract, tying him with the club until June 2018. [11] He made his official début for the club on 10 July 2015, in a goalless away draw against Inter Zaprešić in Round 1 of the Croatian First Football League. [12] On 19 July 2015, Bezjak scored a brace in a 3–3 home draw against Slaven Belupo. [13] With 13 goals to his account, he was the club's top scorer during the 2015–16 season.

Jagiellonia Białystok

On 1 February 2018, Bezjak signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with Jagiellonia Białystok. [14] His debut for Jagiellonia was against Piast Gliwice in a 2–0 victory, when he was subbed in during the second half. [15] Bezjak's first goal for the club was on 23 February 2018 against Lechia Gdańsk in a 4–2 win at home. [16]

International career

Bezjak earned his first cap for Slovenia on 14 August 2013, after coming on as a substitute in the 2–0 loss against Finland in a friendly match. [17] On 23 March 2016, Bezjak scored his first goal for Slovenia in the 1–0 win against Macedonia. [18] On 8 October 2017, Bezjak scored twice for the 2–2 draw between Slovenia and Scotland. [19]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 2 December 2019 [17]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cupContinentalTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Celje 2007–08 1. SNL 100010
2008–09 1. SNL11100111
2009–10 1. SNL24643289
2010–11 1. SNL32721348
2011–12 1. SNL3416714117
2012–13 1. SNL64002 [lower-alpha 1] 084
Total108341352012339
Ludogorets 2012–13 A Group 14500145
2013–14 A Group31135115 [lower-alpha 2] 65120
2014–15 A Group152709 [lower-alpha 3] 2314
Total60201212489629
Rijeka 2015–16 1. HNL 3213542 [lower-alpha 1] 03917
2016–17 1. HNL2311302 [lower-alpha 1] 22813
Total552484426730
Darmstadt 98 2016–17 Bundesliga 11010120
2017–18 2. Bundesliga 301040
Total1402000160
Jagiellonia 2017–18 Ekstraklasa 1430000143
2018–19 Ekstraklasa164102 [lower-alpha 1] 0194
Total3071020337
APOEL 2018–19 Cypriot First Division 1445000194
2019–20 Cypriot First Division40007 [lower-alpha 4] 0110
Total1845070304
Career total2858941103910365109
  1. 1 2 3 4 Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  2. Six appearances in UEFA Champions League; nine appearances and six goals in UEFA Europa League
  3. Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  4. Four appearances in UEFA Champions League and three appearances in UEFA Europa League

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year [20]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Slovenia 201330
201420
201530
201671
201742
201891
201951
Total335
Scores and results list Slovenia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Bezjak goal. [3]
List of international goals scored by Roman Bezjak
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
123 March 2016 Bonifika Stadium, Koper, SloveniaFlag of North Macedonia.svg  North Macedonia 1–01–0 Friendly
28 October 2017 Stožice Stadium, Ljubljana, SloveniaFlag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 1–12–2 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
32–1
42 June 2018 City Stadium, Podgorica, MontenegroFlag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro 1–02–0Friendly
59 September 2019Stožice Stadium, Ljubljana, SloveniaFlag of Israel.svg  Israel 2–23–2 UEFA Euro 2020 qualification

Honours

Ludogorets

Rijeka

APOEL

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